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fracture

[frak-cher] / ˈfræk tʃər /


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As the fireball descends into denser layers of the atmosphere, increasing air pressure begins to fracture the rock.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

"It's a possible fracture of the arm but he's going to go for scans and we're not going to make a call on him right now where he's at," said Jones.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

One concern is the risk of a compression fracture, which is when a vertebra collapses, usually as a result of osteoporosis, according to Banner Health’s Fisher.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The attribution to Samuel is based on clues including the location of the tomb, the sumptuousness of the garment, the age of the deceased and an old fracture.

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

Slowly, the fracture has filled with the powder of earth and stone.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin

By creating these new pathways, the material can continue absorbing forces around potential fractures instead of failing abruptly.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

A close look at where all the spending is coming from, however, also reveals fractures in the economy that a broad statistic like GDP cannot.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Smith, now 59, only discovered he had been suffering from REDs during his career when he started running eight years ago and developed three severe stress fractures, including one in his femur.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

That might make you more vulnerable to foot fractures, according to a 2023 analysis of high-stack running shoes with carbon-fiber plates published in Sports Medicine, with Tenforde as the lead author.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

The story moves forward in a series of painful unravelings—the school is scandalized; a family fractures; a gay relationship is revealed; a deep friendship between two boys rips apart.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Impacts could have fractured the objects and exposed fresh material, potentially changing their surface compositions and colors.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

Watch Duty exploded in popularity by providing up-to-the-minute firefighting updates, fire perimeters, and on-the-scene reports to people previously stuck navigating a fractured system of emergency alerts that gave minimal information.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Although he had suffered from health problems for years, including Parkinson's disease and a fractured vertebra, his death was a shock.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

Nathan Fielder crafts a fractured, innovative film about the infamous Theranos fraudster before and during her time in federal prison.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

My face is frozen and fractured in a witch’s snarl of grief.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

Cleveland’s repeal of the 1890 Sherman Silver Purchase Act curtailed the monetary expansion that struggling farmers hoped would ease their debts, fracturing congressional Democrats and forcing the president to rely on conservative Republicans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

The adverse drug test findings that wiped out two years of Conor's career cast a long shadow, fracturing public perception and leaving unanswered questions that still follow him.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

That raised fresh concerns about the appeal of U.S. assets in a fracturing world — and one where yield is no longer hard to find.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026

On the east side, the dam was build atop an ancient landslide of mica schist, a type of rock vulnerable to fracturing that would allow moisture to seep inside.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Their relationship, he knew, had been at the point of fracturing.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger


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